‘Cats baseball in full swing

With spring in the air, baseball season is in full swing for the Wildcats.

The Oak Ridge Wildcats Varsity Baseball team is currently 3-7 for the season.

Febuary saw back to back scrimmage losses for Oak Ridge to Catholic High School with a final score of 15-0, and Bearden High School with a final score of 10-3.

The Wildcats continued with exhibition games on March 1 which saw two losses to Loudon High School by a margin of 4-3, and Morristown West High School with a final score of 14-3. In another exhibition game on the same day, The ‘Cats defeated Fulton High School with a 9-1.

by Heather Hickshhicks@oakridger.com

With spring in the air, baseball season is in full swing for the Wildcats.

The Oak Ridge Wildcats Varsity Baseball team is currently 3-7 for the season.

Febuary saw back to back scrimmage losses for Oak Ridge to Catholic High School with a final score of 15-0, and Bearden High School with a final score of 10-3.

The Wildcats continued with exhibition games on March 1 which saw two losses to Loudon High School by a margin of 4-3, and Morristown West High School with a final score of 14-3. In another exhibition game on the same day, The ‘Cats defeated Fulton High School with a 9-1.

On March 10, In the first league game of the season, the Wildcats fell to Halls High School 11-1. Halls had 11 runs on 9 hits and committed 2 errors. Oak Ridge had 1 run on 3 hits and committed 5 errors. Senior Stephen May had 1 hit, and Juniors Jemiah Hall and Hunter Sampson also had 1 hit each.

The Wildcats came up short against Clinton High School on March 11 with a final score of 9-2. The ‘Cats had 2 runs, 5 hits, and 3 errors. Clinton had 9 runs, 7 hits, and 2 errors. Senior Kyler Jones led the Wildcats with 2 hits, 1 Walk, 1 Run scored and 1 RBI.

The ‘Cats moved on to win over Campbell County High School with a score of 12-2, in another league game on March 12.

In non-league tourney games, the ‘Cats lost to Sequoyah , 11-6, and to William Blount 12-2.

In non-league games, Oak Ridge won over Grace Christian Academy, 4-3, and lost to Hardin Valley, 6-5.

On Monday, March 17, the Wildcats lost to Anderson County High School by a margin of 7-0, and on March 18, they lost to Powell High School 10-0. Both games were league games.

The Wildcats won over Knox Central High School by a margin of 3-2 on March 19.

The Wildcats are scheduled to play at Stone Memorial High School today at 5:30 p.m. They will play Gibbs High School on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., and Karns High School on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in league games.